Making Noise Quietly
Synopsis
Three stories of strangers meeting on the edge of war. A conscientious objector and a roaming artist find tenderness as the carnage of the Second World War unfolds across the English Channel. A bereaved mother struggles with bitterness and love in recollecting her estranged son, lost in the Falklands. Deep in the Black Forest of Germany, an ageing holocaust survivor seeks to bring peace to disturbed young boy and his equally wild stepfather.
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 98 mins
- Director
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Dominic Dromgoole 1st Feature
- Producer
- Alexandra Breede, Jacob Thomas
- Executive Producer
- Dominic Dromgoole, Mark Coombs
- Editor
- Ricardo Saraiva
- Screenwriter
- Robert Holman (play, screenplay), Nick Drake (screenplay), Mark Rosenblatt (screenplay)
- Director of Photography
- Nick Cooke
- Production Designer
- Damien Creagh
- Sound
- Florentin Tudor, Robert Malone, Dayo James, John Cohen
- Composer
- Stephen Warbeck
- Principal cast
- Matthew Tennyson, Luke Thompson, Barbara Marten, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Deborah Findlay, Trystan Gravell
- Costume Designer
- Jonathan Fensom
- Casting
- Andy Morgan
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Open Palm Films
Alexandra Breede5 Percy Street, 3rd Floor
London
W1T 1DG
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